Collecting and stripping mechanism.



elmbnemo G. GOULD & A. J. TINGLEY. COLLECTING AND STRIPPING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.17. 1913.

Patented Dec. 1. 1914.

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G. GOULD & A. J. TINGLEY.

COLLECTING AND STBIPPING MEGHANISM.

APPLIUATIOH I'ILED JAN. 17, 1913.

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GLENN GOULD AND ALLEN J.`TINGLEY, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN.

COLLECTING AND STRIPPING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed January 17, 1913. Serial No. 742,645.

To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that we, GLENN GOULD and ALLEN J. TiNeLnY, citizens of the United State of America, residing at Owosso, in the specification.

This invention relates to collecting and stripping mechanism for bean bunching and windrowing apparatus; and it has for its object the provision of mechanism which will be located at the effective collecting end of the machine and associated with picking and collecting means so as to permit the release of the collecting mechanism from the material on the discharge of the latter to the conveying means of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of portable draft frame which will support the carrier .in such manner as to permit the latter to yield verticallyunder the resisting action of obstructions which are disposed in the path of travel of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of mechanism which will facilitate adjusting `the collecting end of the machine with relation to the ground.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for guiding the collecting tines or elements of the collecting mech* anism in their movement toward and from the main carrier.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a collector wherein the collecting elements or tines will be yieldable so as to prevent injury thereto on their sudden thrust against the ground or against obstructions.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a draft frame which may be con nected either directly with a suitable form of farm implement so as to follow directly therebehind or connected directly with a suitable form of draft attachment to which the draft animals may be attached.

lVith these and othei' objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :w-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a windrowing and bunching machine, showing the application of the stripping mechanism thereto; Fig. 2 is a front view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale through the stripping mechanism; Fig. 1 is a section on the line #lf-fl of Fig. l. i

With a view to providing mechanism wherein the material will be positively stripped or disengaged from the collecting foi-ks on the gradual approach of the forks toward the main carrier and for positively preventing the material from returning with the forks on movements of the latter' in the direction of the effective collecting end of the machine, we have provided the frame 1 with a main carrier, said frame having an endless carrier 2, consisting of spaced slats 3, which are connected in any suitable well known manner in the links of sprocket chains Ll. These chains are connected with sprocket gears 5 on shafts G in the frame 1. They may be driven in any suitable well known manner so as to cause the material as it is discharged from the collecting mechanism to be conveyed to a suitable receiving point for subsequent discharge onto the field laterally of the path of travel of the machine. The frame of the main carrier is provided in its length with depending brackets G having bearingswhich receive the axle 8 of main large supporting wheels 9. This axle also receives the rear ends 10 of the side bars 11 of a draft fra-me. The bars 11 are extended downwardly and forwardly from the axle S to a point slightly within the plane of the forward end of the carrier frame and they are then extended upwardly and forwardly, as at 12 and through guides 13 on the side bars of the carrier frame whereby to permit the latter to be tilted vertically for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. From the portions 12 the side bars are extended forwardly in a horizontal plane, as shown at 13', and they have connected therewith a suitable operators platform 14C, on which may be mounted a drivers seat 15 and a rocking controlling shaft 16. The front axle 17 is substantially of inverted U-form, being provided with small wheels 18, and as illustrated said axle is operatively connected at 19 with the front of the draft frame so that the wheels will accommodate themselves to the proper steering movements of the axle, a suliicient space being formed between the front wheels 18 and the front of the main carrier frame 1, so as to permit the wheels to turn without said carrier frame forming an obstruction thereto.

The controlling shaft 16 is provided with a rigid arm 2O to which is adjustably connected one end of a chain 21, the opposite end of the chain having connection `at 22 with the front end of the main tilting carrier frame 1. The controlling shaft is also provided with an actuating lever 23, which is located relatively of the seat l5, whereby it can be conveniently grasped by the operator and adjusted. A pawl 25 of the lever may be engaged with the teeth of a quadrant or rack member 26 of the operators platform to thereby retain prescribed adjustments of the forward end of the carrier frame.

The carrier frame 1 is extended some distance beyond the front of the carrier 2, and as illustrated the side bars of the carrier frame support shafts 27 and 28 having sprocket wheels 29 thereon over which pass the collecting chains 30. These chains are provided with yieldable forks or tines 31, which are preferably arranged equidistantly in the length of the chains and adapted to be projected in successive order below the forward end of the carrier frame l, so as to positively engage and collect the material. The tines 31 are arrangedv in longitudinal rows through the width of the carrier frame 1. l

The stripping mechanism comprises a supporting bar 32 which is fixed to the main carrier frame 1 and as illustrated, said bar is provided with forwardly-extending portions 33, which lie below the lplane of the chains 30 and which are disposed between adjacent rows of tines 31. At the forward l ends, the plates 33 are connected with other plates 34:, the latter being curved upwardly at their forward ends, as at 35, and then rearwardly and upwardly, as at 36, and disposed at an angle to the upper leads of the chains 31 or in rearwardly diverging relation thereto. The rear ends of the plates are then extended downwardly, as at 37, to provide chutes or distributing portions which directly overlie the forward end of the carrier 2, so as to effectually permit the material to be discharged onto the carrier. Brackets 38 are extended from the bar 32 and connected at 39 with the portions 37 of the stripping elements, so as to brace the latter and retain definite positions of the same relatively of the tines 31. A spring 40 connects the draft frame with the carrier frame 1 and is adapted to yieldingly support the forward endthereof and permit the collecting .mechanism :to clearly pass obstructions which may lie in the direct path of travel of the machine.

From the peculiar construction of the stripping mechanism, it is evident that the substantially superimposed plates thereof Lilef define guides for the respective rows of collecting tines 31, so as to retain the tines in proper position with respect to the plates. By arranging the portions 36 in upwardly and rearwardly diverging relation with the tirely eliminate returning the material to the ground or removing the same from the carrier 2 after the material is deposited onto the latter. The gradual withdrawal or extraction ofthe material from the tines minimizes the `friction between the respective parts during the stripping operation and as a result the parts may be operated with 'very little power.

The front axle 17 vis provided with suitable clips 41, to which a draft pole (not shown) may be connected so that the machine may be propelled across the field by draft animals, if desired. rI`he bar 32 and the distributing or chute forming portion 37 of the stripping means are spaced from the main carrier-2, so as to permit foreign particles or dirt to be deposited back to the ground during the operation of discharging the material onto the carrier. By constructing the carrier of spaced flaps, it is obvious that the same is rendered substantially foraminous whereby to permit loose particles of dirt or foreign matter to fall through the carrier when Edelivering the material to its receiving designation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a machine of the character described, a wheeled draft frame embodying vertically inclined portions, a vertically swinging inclined conveyer frame extending above the draft frame with the lower end thereof disposed adjacent the vertically inclined portions of the draft frame, guide elements secured to the lower end of the inclined conveyer frame and slidably engaging the said inclined portions, means connected with the draft frame to raise and lower the lower end of the inclined conveyer-frame, a conveyer belt arranged within the conveyer frame, and collecting mechanism arranged within the lower end ofthe inclined vconveyer frame in proximity to the take-up end of the conveyer belt.

2. In a machine of the character described, a wheeled draft frame embodying vertically inclined portions, a vertically swinging inclined conveyer `frame arranged conveyer frame with the draft frame to yieldi ingly support the former, means connected with the draft frame to raise and lower the lower end of the inclined conveyer frame, a conveyer belt arranged within the inclined conveyer frame and terminating at a point spaced a substantial distance from the lower Copies of this patent maybe obtained for ve end of the conveyer frame, collector mechanism arranged Within the lower end of the inclined conveyer frame and spaced a substantial distance from the take-up end of the conveyer belt, and means arranged above the collector mechanism to remove the material therefrom.

In testimony whereof we aliix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GLENN GOULD, ALLEN J. TINGLEY. Witnesses:

AUG. STEPHAN, SETH NUNELL.

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